Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 17, 1907
Died
Sep 08, 1994
Place of Birth
Tomioka, Japon
Credits
294 titles
Eijirō Tōno
Biography
Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), and films by Yasujirō Ozu, such as Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also appeared in Kill! by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His final film was Juzo Itami's A-ge-man (Tales of a Golden Geisha) in 1990. Tōno also starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983. In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo (本庄克二).
Known For
Filmography
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
Days with Harasu
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
So What
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Narration (voice)
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Adrift at Sea
Choji Snack Bar
I Lived, But...
Self
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
The King and His Vassal
The Last Game
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
水戸黄門 第3部
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
The Battle of Okinawa
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
Will to Conquer
水戸黄門 第2部
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
水戸黄門 第１部
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Goyokin
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Crazy Big Discovery
The Flame of Youth
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
The Burning Sun
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
Monsieur Zivaco
Goal for the Young
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
Three Faces of Love
Soga
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara